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@oxfamamerica.bsky.social reminds us that the 10 richest in the US (all men, btw) made $365 billion under Trump. The GOP wants to give them a massive tax break while cutting programs we care about and hiking our debt sky high. It doesn't have to be this way. We can tax the rich and live well.

submitted 7 hours ago • 4 comments

We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.

submitted 8 hours ago • 523 comments

📚 ¿y tù? 📖

submitted 1 day ago • 173 comments

This is how much Congress, in a bill the House passed this morning, proposes to spend _just to hold migrants in detention_ over the next 4 1/2 years. From this new WOLA explainer: bit.ly/2025-05-wola...

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

Attorney Rachel Cohen (who quit Skadden rather than collaborate with fascism), has a genius plan to make lawyers who sold out the American People face serious backlash. Bit.ly/baddecisionmakers

submitted 7 days ago • 29 comments

This report from @sanders.senate.gov didn't get enough attention yesterday. It tracks how much funding from science Trump has killed. www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

submitted 11 days ago • 25 comments

If you’re too busy or distracted to research why Peter Thiel and Palantir—and by association Elon Musk—are such a threat to our democracy and even our survival, this TikTok video is a quick primer. By: @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

FEMA cuts emergency training as hurricane season looms - Reuters apple.news/AOlxt5_QtSka...

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

Cuts now hitting cancer research www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t... By @angusrohan.bsky.social and @jasonmast.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

Terror in Nashville: The Tennessee Highway Patrol aided ICE in a coordinated assault on immigrant communities last night—randomly stopping drivers, including an Uber driver, a DoorDash worker, and a pregnant woman. Each patrol car was flanked by 2 unmarked vehicles used to detain human beings.

submitted 21 days ago • 44 comments

A major airport serving our largest city is unsafe because of the chainsaw cuts to the FAA by Elon Fucking Musk with Trump's approval. Which airport is next?

submitted 22 days ago • 36 comments

NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

submitted 26 days ago • 274 comments

We read books about this kind of cruelty. We cannot accept this. I do not accept this.

submitted 27 days ago • 21 comments

In case you hadn't noticed:

submitted 32 days ago • 818 comments

“Today, Cross, 62, is one of the private prison contractors helping to identify Venezuelan migrants as members of the criminal outfit Tren de Aragua – a designation that’s landing them in a Salvadoran prison without due process.”

submitted 45 days ago • 15 comments

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his aides shut down a State Department office that tracks and counters global disinformation from foreign actors, including the governments of China, Russia and Iran.

submitted 38 days ago • 79 comments

Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."

submitted 40 days ago • 623 comments

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

submitted 41 days ago • 913 comments

If you love your library, listen up…

submitted 41 days ago • 185 comments

Everything is breathtakingly stupid

submitted 41 days ago • 383 comments

A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:

submitted 43 days ago • 217 comments

Perspective changes everything. [Ars Mathermatica]

submitted 45 days ago • 226 comments

A giant fuck you to every Democrat in the Senate who voted to confirm Trump's ambassador to Japan. None of you should be confirming ANY of his nominees. No Dem should give any votes for this regime. None. @schumer.senate.gov you can't control your own party. You have no control. Resign.

submitted 47 days ago • 26 comments

Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador

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submitted 48 days ago • 1313 comments

This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.

submitted 48 days ago • 154 comments

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

submitted 48 days ago • 173 comments

Yeah, everything’s fine. (Please remember, this is being done intentionally, and there is no plan.)

submitted 49 days ago • 63 comments

You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.

submitted 49 days ago • 842 comments

Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head. He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison. Bring them back!

submitted 49 days ago • 254 comments

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

submitted 49 days ago • 405 comments

My friend from the NOAA lab that brings you the Keeling Curve wants that world to know that things are horrible inside NOAA.

submitted 51 days ago • 189 comments

youtu.be/uqIfp8uBoPw?...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

submitted 52 days ago • 319 comments

Oh, this is gonna make the rounds. 🤡 #PenguinTariff 🐧

submitted 53 days ago • 490 comments

It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.

submitted 53 days ago • 1362 comments

Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out t.co/LeABrGqDei

submitted 54 days ago • 112 comments

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

submitted 55 days ago • 606 comments

Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going… www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...

submitted 54 days ago • 894 comments

Sen @booker.senate.gov is still going. Support him! WATCH! Call your Senator & tell them you agree with Booker. This has gone far enough. 202-224-3121 www.senate.gov/legislative/...

submitted 54 days ago • 199 comments

ICYMI — SENATOR BOOKER: “I rise to disrupt the business of the senate for as long as I am physically able… because I believe sincerely our country is in crisis.” 🇺🇸

submitted 54 days ago • 385 comments

The people who provide healthcare are being squeezed - just like the public. From the perspective of those of us who work in the ER, the collapse is already happening.

submitted 63 days ago • 22 comments

reminder: most americans have no idea any of this stuff is going on. the signal leaks. the destruction of dept of education, social security. they have no idea. they are trying to live life and this information isnt getting to them. take it upon yourself to spread the data.

submitted 61 days ago • 280 comments

Judge Susan Crawford stands for reproductive rights, voting access, and public safety. With decades of experience, she’s the leader Wisconsin needs on the Supreme Court. Wisconsin, don’t let far-right extremism take over—vote for Crawford on April 1st. #MomSky

submitted 63 days ago • 18 comments

If you want to work for a law firm that will never bow down to Trump or stay silent when he attacks the legal system, we are hiring. www.elias.law/careers

submitted 63 days ago • 123 comments

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

submitted 67 days ago • 3320 comments

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

submitted 71 days ago • 734 comments

“We lost our representative government: it was infiltrated by organized crime long ago. The last chance to fix it was surrendered by the Biden administration. We have been living in The Aftermath since 2022: it just took Trump’s reinstallation for many to realize it.” — @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

submitted 87 days ago • 4 comments